This is Atti and his little girlfriend Laney at a going away party. All the pictures came out blurry because I was racing to keep up with the cute in poor lighting conditions, but I couldn’t miss my opportunity. Laney and her family, including my friend Natalie, moved to Reno and left us behind.
Atti still has other sweet friends, including another little girlfriend Sarah, but it’s really hard to let go of Laney. She was always the first to rush over to him with a smile and a wave of her cute chubby hand, the one to fight to be next to his stroller when the class went on a walk, the first one to include him. And Atti adored her. He’d pet her pretty little cheek and say, “Awwwww….” and smother her with slobbery kisses and hugs.
Maybe it’s better if these two take a break from each other. I don’t know if I’d want to be dealing with a love this pure when they’re both teenagers.